Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-02-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The appointment of Mr.. Landers as Bank
commissioner doesn't seem to greatly please
either the Democrats or the Republicans.
There is much talk about the ''slavery" of
the American workingman. Two walking
delegates walked into New York restaurant
the other day and lunched, and their lunch,
including two bottles of wine, cost $10.70.
The Shroud has knowledge of human ma
ture, and 1t gives this advice to undertakers:
Don't let false modesty prevent you from
presenting your bill before the obligation be-
comes old and your customers sorrow for
the departed has been SO far exhausted as
to allow no sympathy for your honest claim.
The New York strikers have had good
deal of zeal that was not according to knowI-
edge. A New York merchant failed to re-
ceive q consignment of cheese sent from the
West. Upon investigation it was found that
the freight handlers had refused to touch it
simply because the cases were marked "Old
Dominion brand"
Mayor Hodges of Baltimore has beaten the
record in his message. He has sent to the
common council message containing 23,0 900
words and making it a pamphlet of ninety
one pages. 1t is a third longer than Presi-
| dent Cleveland's latest message and twice as
| long as this years message of the governor
| of Maryland and report of the State comp
| troller put together. It is not believed that
Mayor Hodges has said anything very impor-
tant in all these %, 600 words, but he doubt
less thinks he has.
| The people of this country are, or should
| be, interested in the statement of the exports
for the past two years of cotton piece goods
from Great Britain. It appears that her ex-
ports of these commodities during 1886
amounted in value to more than ESQ, 900, )
600, showing gain of nearly e2, ,000, ,000
over those of the preceding year. Except
ing the East Indies, there has been a consid-
erable falling off in the amount sent to the
older markets, but there is a marked increase
in the total sent to South America, Mexico,
Central America and the West Indies. The
Spanish American markets naturally belong
to this country, and we may have them some
time, though there are no signs that the time
| will come soon.
If a bill dealing with alien land holding
i which has been introduced in the Minnesots
4 legislature becomes a law there will be nc
show for alien landholders in that State. Il
i not only provides that none but citizens o.
the country shall acquire lands by purchase
but that corporations more than twenty Pc
cent. of whose stock is owned by aliens shal
be likewise prohibited from acquiring lands
that only railroad, canal and turnpike com
i panies shall own over Eve Thousand acres o.
land; that railroad companies shall onl.
own such land as may be necessary for tn
operation of their roads, and that all land
held in violation of these provisions shall b
forfeited to the State, it being the duty o
the attorney general to recover them.
| Congressman have q great deal to do
they do all the errands their constituent
want done. A petition and bill have bee
presented in the Massachusetts, legislator
lproviding for the appointment BY the gov